1 hour ago, liamsaunt said:It is interesting to see how differently things are priced in different parts of the world. I bought my sumac (enough to fill a quart size jar) for $3 at a middle eastern grocery in town.
I guess the fact that you have a middle eastern grocery in town suggests a reasonably sized middle eastern population or a population interested in other cuisines would mean that sumac etc would be more popular, if not mainstream.
Here in China, I doubt if there is a middle eastern grocery in the entire country and certainly no long term middle eastern community.
And therein, I guess, lies the price difference. Any sumac delivered to me is probably imported in tiny quantities compared to the quantities where you are (sorry, if I ever knew where, I have forgotten) and so, aggregating transport charges per gram etc., it is going to be more expensive. Just like you pay a lot more than I do for say, Sichuan peppercorns.
